"The idea is to give the AI persistent, always-on access to everything on your machine, Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Salesforce, so it can monitor triggers, execute proactive tasks, and carry work forward around the clock without requiring the user to be present."
"Sensitive actions require explicit approval, every session generates a full audit trail, and a kill switch gives users immediate control. Personal Computer is software, not hardware. Perplexity is not manufacturing a device. The Mac mini acts as the always-on host; Perplexity's platform connects to it remotely."
"CEO Aravind Srinivas framed the product's ambition at the conference: 'A traditional operating system takes instructions; an AI operating system takes objectives.'"
Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference, software that runs continuously on a user-supplied Mac mini to merge local files, apps, and sessions with Perplexity's cloud-based system. The AI gains persistent, always-on access to Gmail, Slack, GitHub, Notion, and Salesforce to monitor triggers, execute proactive tasks, and carry work forward autonomously. Sensitive actions require explicit approval, full audit trails are generated, and users maintain immediate control via kill switch. Available exclusively to Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 monthly, Personal Computer launches Mac-only with a waitlist. CEO Aravind Srinivas framed the vision: traditional operating systems take instructions while AI operating systems take objectives, establishing AI as the primary computing paradigm.
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